The 2024 Municipal Budget is an initiative that serves as a technical opposition approach on our part and a reflection of the citizen voice based on our Social Audit methodology for local government, which ALTAX experts presented at the beginning...
Contractionary monetary policy (contraction economic policy) is now the most popular method of controlling inflation. The purpose of a contractionary policy is to reduce the money supply within an economy by raising interest rates. This helps slow economic growth by...
Albania has trade relations with the entire world, but it has important trade relations with European countries, with the USA, as well as with Asian countries. Due to completely different tax systems (as in the case of the USA or...
International theory and practice show us that: In the short term If an economy experiences high rates of economic growth, then the economy is likely to see interest rates rise as the Central Bank responds to higher growth and potential inflationary pressures...
In clarifying the term strong economy, according to many definitions and criteria from most information, it is seen that it should summarize together: - High rate of economic growth. According to our commentary, this implies an expansion of economic output,...
Instead of making budget decisions based on the performance of revenues and expenditures of previous years, good public finance practice suggests that the government should structure budget decisions based on the prospects for the coming years. The budget is a problem...
Tax justice refers to ideas, policies, and advocacy that aim to achieve equity and social justice through fair taxation of the wealthiest members of society and multinational businesses [1]. To this end, tax justice often focuses on dealing with...
Mid-year revenue and expenditure budget reviews are part of a more frequent financial review cycle to ensure that money is spent strategically and to analyze and adjust allocations according to the performance of budget projects by ministries. Unfortunately, many ministries...
As shown in the World Economic Outlook a few days ago, while the world has shown remarkable resilience, the recovery from the shocks of recent years is slow, below its potential and uneven. Growth is slow, because at 3-4 percent,...
The private apartment market in the country has stalled in recent months. Buying a new apartment in Albania, but especially in Tirana and cities where there is a lot of construction, is a difficult task and is particularly challenging. The biggest...
